In the United States, along with the MLS and WPS, we also have several other professional and amateur leagues, including some regional and indoor leagues.
Some of these leagues compete against each other, but there is also a bit of a hierarchical structure involved.
For example, in men's soccer under the MLS we have Division 2 soccer, which for many years was the USL. But recently there have been a lot of changes, as the USL was sold, and several teams formed a breakaway league called the NASL. There can only be one official Division 2 league, so there's been a lot going on over the last few months.
If you want to learn more about that just try googling "USL NASL dispute" or read some of the articles at
Inside Minnesota Soccer.
The current status of the dispute is that USL and NASL will run a joint league in 2010, and then in 2011 something else will happen. Most people believe is that the "something else" is going to be exclusively NASL.
The joint league will have twelve teams, the closest of which is in St. Louis.
This still looks like a very fluid situation and 2011 could be very different than 2010, but it looks like at least for the next year we'll have to take a trip if we want to see any Div 2 games.
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